carne con papas

Carne con papas = beef stew with potatoes.
This takes the Carne Picada recipe one step further by adding potatoes.

As always, add more water and seasoning to get the corresponding Caldo con Papas = meat & potatoes soup. (Pic10)

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 4 servings:

beef roast 1 lb.
OR thin-cut steak
3 potatoes
1 qt.. tomato sauce
1 onion
S&P
2 garlic cloves
spices of choice e.g. chipotle

Pic1: carne con papas, meat & potato stew
served with little broth

Directions

2017-10-20

Pic2: brown the onions
Pic3: brown the meat
Pic4: add tomatoes, stew

Pic5: add potatoes
Pic6: stew potatoes
Pic7: add more water or broth, make it a soup

Slice the roast thin, cut, chop the slices in small pieces.
Peel the onion and garlic, chop small.
Sauté chopped onion and garlic. For this, I like it slightly browned. (Pic2)
Add the meat, S&P. Season to taste.
Stir fry over high heat until the meat is deep brown. (Pic3)
Add the tomato sauce.
Simmer down until the tomato sauce begins to thicken. (Pic4)
Stir in the cubed potatoes. (Pic5)
Bring to a boil again, reduce to low heat and simmer to cook the potatoes.
15-20 minutes will leave the potatoes soft without breaking up. It takes more than 30 minutes to cook them into mush. If you do that, the potatoes will thicken the sauce.
If necessary to prevent burning, add some liquid.
I used some orange juice for sweetness and milk to mellow the chipotle.
Serve with as little or as much sauce you like.
Enjoy.

b. a different way

The outcome is very similar, but this time I started with the potatoes.
The potatoes will cook longer this way and will tend to thicken the sauce when they get very soft.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 4 servings:

1 lb. thin-cut steak, diced
3 large beefsteak tomatoes, diced
3-4 medium potatoes, peeled, diced

Pic8: carne con papas with a thicker tomato sauce

Directions

2021-10-03

Pic9: potatoes
Pic10: stir-fry
Pic11: add meat

Peel and dice the potatoes.
Stir-fry in olive oil or butter until the outsides start browning.
Cover and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
Add the diced meat.
Stir-fry over high heat to brown the meat.

Pic12-14: tomatoes

Add chopped tomatoes and 2 cups of water.
Reduce heat. Cover and simmer over low-medium heat until the tomatoes fall apart.
Optiona;: use liquid flour or oil dough to thicken the sauce to desired thickness.
This is not something I do very often, and with the potatoes, the sauce will thicken spontaneously.

Pic15-17: served

Serve and enjoy.

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org